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Miki Perkins is a senior reporter at The Age who writes about social affairs. Her stories cover family violence, welfare, children in care, social trends, the status of women, family issues, immigration, parenting, indigenous affairs and much more. Miki was previously the City Reporter, covering planning and urban design issues, city and suburban councils and new developments. She joined The Age in 2007 as a trainee and went on to become a general news reporter, court reporter and education reporter. She joined Fairfax from The Area News, in Griffith, NSW, where she reported on regional issues. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Journalism at RMIT after taking a BA at the University of Melbourne, where she was editor of Farrago, the student newspaper.

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Aboriginal legal services that help some of Australia's most vulnerable people - including a huge number of family violence clients - are facing deep cuts in this year’s federal budget.

Miki Perkins
A union has warned the number of apprentices on construction sites will plummet if the federal government passes laws that will make it illegal for unions and companies to make agreements about...

Miki Perkins
Nannies and grandparents could be paid by the government to look after children if they get the rightTAFE qualifications under a proposal to overhaul the nation’s convoluted childcare system.

Miki Perkins
The Salvation Army has warned it expects a surge in people searching for emergency relief if federal budget cuts to welfare are passed, increasing the already significant number of Australians living...